The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-15
THE EIrr1ETH CONGRESS.

Senator Faulkner Sworn Ex-senator morrill,
on Immigration.
wAsF1NGToN Dec. 14-In the Senate, Mr..
Hoar. from the committee on privileges and
elections. presented a report in the West Vir-
GINA case. He said that the report was unani-
nous The questions raised were very simple
ones and easily comprehended. One of them
had been, long ago. determined by the Senate.
and he supposed that all Senators had had occa-
sion to reflect on the other In order that the
Sen ator entitled to the seat might enter at once
upon his duties, he hoped there would be no OBJ
lection to having the report disposed OF at pres
emit
The report was read at length. It concludes
with two resolutions, one declaring that Daniel
Fl. Lucas is not entitled to the seat and the
other declaring that Charles j. Faulkner has
hsen duly elected Senator from the State OF
West Virginia for the term of six years com
mencine March 4, 1887. and is entitled to seat
in the Senate such Senator The resolutions
were agreed to viva voce, and the oath Of office
thereupon administered to Mr. Faulkner:
Mr. Hoar then moved that Mr.. Faulkner be
assigned to the committee on claims, District OF
ColImb is. mines and mining, and pensions.
Agreed to.
Mr. Harris from the committee rules,
ported an amendment to the thirty first rule.
That rule provides that where an adverse report
is made a claim, and the report agreed to, 1t
shall not be in order to move to take the papers
from file for the purpose of referring them at a
eubseQuent session, unless the petition states
that new evidence has been discovered. and the
substance of it. The amendment is to add to
the rule clause that in cases where there is
adverse report it shall! be the duty of the Secre-
tary of the Senate 20 transmit all such papers
TO the committees in which such claims are pend
ing The report was agreed to.
The Senate took up the bill introduced by Mr.
Morrill, to regulate Immigration and was ad-
dressed by that Senator in explanation and adj
vocacy of the bill It's main object, he sad was
TO have the character of foreign immigrants ex-
amned first, by the United States consuls at
the ports of departure, instead of by State
commissioners at the ports Of arrival. The for
eign idea, he said, was that the United States
invited free immigration regardless OF the char
scter of the immigrants; but the American idea
was that it never really offered an asylum to
eonvicts, TO irreconcilable enemies OF law and
order, or TO the occupants OF the old world q
doors were left open only to persons of good
moral character The fact that nearly
3 600 900 immigrants had come to this country
within the last ten years proved that the ques-
ton was one of very great Importance. The
great American principle of free admission OF
immigrants was not proposed to be abandoned,
but that principle had always been on the con-
diIion that the immigrants should be OF good
moral character and should be able to support
themselves. He referred to the fact that re-
Gently the Mayor of the Athens OF America had
presided banquet given in honor of the
champion slugger of the prize ring; and that if
not the will. at the least tbs political necessities
of the Mayor, had consented to that.
He said that 10 per cent of the population OF
Boston composed OF persons of foreign
cent
population of New Yo-k, and 81 per cent of
the population of Chicago, and these figures
might be aggravated by future immigration.
BY the census OF 1880 the population of foreign
birth and parentage about 10. 000 600; and
the i'm immigration since then, 344. OOOs SO that,
without including the children born of foreign
parentage since 1880. there was now in this
country foreign population of 19.340,0O0,
nearly one-third of the entire population.
This disclosed the enormous attractive
s sSs % E tas county hsd
lately visited Castle Garden, New York, where
a vessel had Just arrived from Antwerp with 600
gested the doubt whether this country possessed
the transcendent power to transfer all these i'm
migrants into good and valuable American citi-
zans. He quoted the reply of Mr. Balfour to a
government aiding emigration-to the effect
that the government would apply no more
money to that purposo during the remainder of
the year. This, he said, was negative preG
nant Mr. Balfour had not said that parishes or
neighbors should not aid emigration. At the
end of the year emigration might be aided By
the British government again, unless the
fishery commissioners should implore MIR.
Balfour to refrain from putting briars in their
path while cunning diplomacy going
here The paupers of Great Britain number
nearly a round million outside of the uncounted
Migrants and casual paupers who far exceed
the number of so-called paupers. There
too a strong tendency in Europe to regard The
United States cess pool for the vilest prod
ucts of the old world. Provident husbandry
Gem aD0eo Inat young Amorlcd SnOUlO Aos 10
wholly deprived of its birthright The measure
introduced by him was intended to regulate
immigration by scheme moderate as to re-
ceive general approval. It would, of course, be
referred TO the Judiciary committees. He hoped
that that committee would report some measure
to checkmate the gross imposition from foreign
nations to which this country had been so large
" subjected He moved that the bill be
ferred to the judiciary committee.
Mr.. Edmunds suggested that the subject moro
properly belonged to the committee on foreign
relations; and he moved that reference.
The latter motion was agreed to, and on mo-
ton of Mr.. Edmunds the Sepats then proceeded
to consideration of executive business. In
about ten minutes the doors were reopened, and
tka Senate adjourned till tomorrow.